Senior Python Developer Job Trends

Senior Python Developer
UK

The median Senior Python Developer salary in the UK is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 690 592 735
Rank change year-on-year -98 +143 -42
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Python Developer 113 88 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.099% 0.18% 0.086%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 81 60 51
10th Percentile £62,500 - £52,500
25th Percentile £70,000 £64,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £77,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.45% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +20.83% -14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 106,506 44,266 74,164
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.35% 89.67% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 73,200 26,014 44,625
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Senior Python Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Python Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Python Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Python Developer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Python Developer over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Python Developer in the UK

Senior Python Developer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Python Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 16 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -97 102 £72,500 -6.45% 59
UK excluding London -70 59 £72,500 +20.83% 25
London -87 46 £76,250 -4.69% 45
Work from Home -32 42 £70,000 +9.38% 26
East of England -7 26 £72,500 -3.33% 1
North of England -56 15 £80,000 +33.33% 5
Midlands -22 10 £70,000 - 4
East Midlands - 10 £70,000 - 2
North East - 9 £75,000 -
Northern Ireland - 6 £75,000 - 5
North West -16 4 £80,000 +33.33% 2
Yorkshire -34 2 £66,250 +10.42% 3
South East -53 1 - - 6
South West - 1 - - 2

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2026, Senior Python Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Python Developer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) Python
2 53 (46.90%) AWS
3 34 (30.09%) Software Engineering
4 32 (28.32%) Full-Stack Development
5 31 (27.43%) AI
5 31 (27.43%) RESTful
6 30 (26.55%) CI/CD
7 24 (21.24%) Test Automation
7 24 (21.24%) Validation
8 23 (20.35%) Azure
9 21 (18.58%) API Design
10 20 (17.70%) Event-Driven
11 19 (16.81%) PostgreSQL
12 18 (15.93%) Continuous Delivery
12 18 (15.93%) FastAPI
12 18 (15.93%) Swagger
13 17 (15.04%) Docker
13 17 (15.04%) Infrastructure as Code
14 16 (14.16%) Agile
14 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (14.16%) Generative AI
14 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
15 15 (13.27%) JavaScript
15 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
15 15 (13.27%) Observability
16 14 (12.39%) Kafka
16 14 (12.39%) MongoDB
16 14 (12.39%) RabbitMQ
17 13 (11.50%) Linux
17 13 (11.50%) React

Senior Python Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.65%) OpenStack
Cloud Services
1 53 (46.90%) AWS
2 23 (20.35%) Azure
3 11 (9.73%) AWS Lambda
3 11 (9.73%) Azure Service Bus
3 11 (9.73%) Serverless
4 6 (5.31%) GitHub
5 5 (4.42%) SaaS
6 4 (3.54%) Amazon S3
7 3 (2.65%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.65%) GitHub Copilot
8 2 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
8 2 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
8 2 (1.77%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.77%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.88%) GCP
9 1 (0.88%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.88%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.73%) MQTT
2 10 (8.85%) Broadband
3 3 (2.65%) 4G
3 3 (2.65%) 5G
3 3 (2.65%) DNS
3 3 (2.65%) HTTP
3 3 (2.65%) SSH
3 3 (2.65%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.77%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.81%) PostgreSQL
2 14 (12.39%) MongoDB
3 7 (6.19%) DynamoDB
3 7 (6.19%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (2.65%) MySQL
4 3 (2.65%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.65%) Redis
5 2 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
5 2 (1.77%) GIS
6 1 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.88%) Milvus
6 1 (0.88%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Git
2 4 (3.54%) GitLab
2 4 (3.54%) Jenkins
3 3 (2.65%) Selenium
General
1 15 (13.27%) Finance
2 13 (11.50%) Front Office
2 13 (11.50%) Social Skills
3 10 (8.85%) Games
3 10 (8.85%) Health Technology
3 10 (8.85%) Tech for Good
4 6 (5.31%) Banking
5 4 (3.54%) Law
5 4 (3.54%) Publishing
6 3 (2.65%) Legal
6 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
6 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.77%) Investment Banking
8 1 (0.88%) Advertising
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (27.43%) RESTful
2 18 (15.93%) FastAPI
2 18 (15.93%) Swagger
3 14 (12.39%) Kafka
3 14 (12.39%) RabbitMQ
4 13 (11.50%) React
5 11 (9.73%) OpenAPI
6 10 (8.85%) Node.js
7 9 (7.96%) Boost C++ Libraries
7 9 (7.96%) Flask
7 9 (7.96%) HTML
8 7 (6.19%) CSS
9 6 (5.31%) Jinja
10 5 (4.42%) Pandas
10 5 (4.42%) REST
11 4 (3.54%) .NET
11 4 (3.54%) Next.js
11 4 (3.54%) Vue
12 3 (2.65%) Elastic Stack
12 3 (2.65%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 27 (23.89%) Cloud Native
2 13 (11.50%) Distributed Systems
3 12 (10.62%) Algorithms
4 10 (8.85%) Data Structures
4 10 (8.85%) Low-Code
4 10 (8.85%) Video\Live Streaming
5 9 (7.96%) Equities
5 9 (7.96%) Hedge funds
5 9 (7.96%) Management Information System
6 3 (2.65%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (2.65%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.77%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (1.77%) Derivative
7 2 (1.77%) Educational Technology
7 2 (1.77%) NHS
7 2 (1.77%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (1.77%) Robotics
7 2 (1.77%) Web Conferencing
8 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.88%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (11.50%) Linux
2 1 (0.88%) Unix
2 1 (0.88%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (30.09%) Software Engineering
2 32 (28.32%) Full-Stack Development
3 31 (27.43%) AI
4 30 (26.55%) CI/CD
5 24 (21.24%) Test Automation
5 24 (21.24%) Validation
6 21 (18.58%) API Design
7 20 (17.70%) Event-Driven
8 18 (15.93%) Continuous Delivery
9 17 (15.04%) Infrastructure as Code
10 16 (14.16%) Agile
10 16 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (14.16%) Generative AI
11 15 (13.27%) Mentoring
11 15 (13.27%) Observability
12 12 (10.62%) Containerisation
13 11 (9.73%) Acceptance Criteria
13 11 (9.73%) Clean Code
13 11 (9.73%) DevOps
13 11 (9.73%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 113 (100.00%) Python
2 15 (13.27%) JavaScript
3 13 (11.50%) SQL
4 10 (8.85%) Go
5 9 (7.96%) C++
5 9 (7.96%) TypeScript
6 4 (3.54%) Bash
6 4 (3.54%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.77%) Rust
8 1 (0.88%) Bicep
8 1 (0.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (1.77%) AWS Certification
1 2 (1.77%) Degree
1 2 (1.77%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (10.62%) QA
System Software
1 17 (15.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 16 (14.16%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.65%) Grafana
2 3 (2.65%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.88%) Puppet